Washington is offering a huge reward for information on an alleged Iranian “spy.”

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has offered a financial reward of up to $200,000 for information leading to the arrest of Monica Witt, a former US Air Force officer accused of spying for Iran.

In February 2019, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia indicted Witt on charges related to espionage and leaking information related to American national security to Iran.

According to a statement issued by the FBI in Washington, Witt served in the US Air Force between 1997 and 2008 as an intelligence specialist and special agent in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, before working as a US government contractor until 2010.

The statement indicated that Witt, who is 47 years old, obtained during her work “secret and highly secret” information related to foreign intelligence and counterintelligence, including the real identities of members working within the secret American intelligence services.

American officials accuse Witt, who defected in 2013, of providing sensitive information to the Iranian government, which led to the endangerment of programs and information related to American security, according to the indictment.

Fox News reported that Witt resides in Iran and speaks Persian, and may use pseudonyms, including “Fatima Al-Zahra” and “Narges Witt.”

It is also believed that she “deliberately provided information that endangered the lives of American individuals and their families, and conducted research on behalf of Iran to help it target her former colleagues in the American government.”

The FBI confirmed that Witt’s defection to Iran “benefited the Revolutionary Guards,” noting that the latter includes entities responsible for collecting intelligence information, unconventional warfare, and supporting groups targeting American interests.

For his part, Daniel Wierzbicki, an official in the Counterintelligence and Cybercrimes Division at the FBI in Washington, said that Witt “broken her oath to the US Constitution” by defecting to Iran and providing Tehran with information related to national defense.

He added that the FBI “has not forgotten the case,” considering that “someone knows something about her whereabouts,” calling for assistance in arresting her and bringing her to justice.